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For those of us without flag powers, mentioning the adage is the most we can do about titles like these on HN. Of course I could just stop reading the HN front

by jarek 14y ago

For those of us without flag powers, mentioning the adage is the most we can do about titles like these on HN. Of course I could just stop reading the HN front page, but that seems a rather null solution.

anigbrowl 14y ago
Leave better comments, then flag with abandon.
- jarek 14y ago
  I did both of these. This resulted in the "flag" links disappearing.
  - anigbrowl 14y ago
    Well, you've got me there. I flag frequently, like maybe 5-10 a day on average but sometimes 20+. Maybe there's another karma threshold or something I don't know about.
wccrawford 14y ago
I've got flag powers, but I've basically given up. People have decided to upvote things that aren't relevant to this site, and by the time I see them, it's too late. And reading the 'new' feed is even more discouraging. I can't deal with the constant flood of garbage that obviously wasn't interesting or relevant, just to find a few tiny morsels.
- tptacek 14y ago
  Don't give up! Flag, and comment (briefly) about why. It's been my experience that lots of storied that I believed were long past flaggable (80-90 upvotes) have been killed sometime after I flagged them. Even if your flag doesn't kill the story, the conversation about why you flagged it will be valuable --- at the very least, more valuable than the off-topic story.